Open Access

UKRI provides updates on the open access policy, including monitoring and evaluation, monographs book chapters and edited collections and technical requirements.

Taylor & Francis has launched the second year of Pledge to Open, its collaborative funding initiative for open access (OA) books, with additional benefits for pledging institutions. Following the success of the pilot phase, organizations are invited to support seven new book collections on key contemporary themes, including children’s health, AI, and migration.

MIT Press’s diamond model for open access monographs levels the playing field for both authors and readers while bringing vital research to communities that need it most

The University of South Carolina and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced a three-year Open Access agreement that allows researchers to publish in PLOS journals[1] without incurring article processing charges (APC). This partnership brings together two organizations that believe researchers should be able to access content freely and make their work available publicly, regardless of their access to funds.

At the MIT Press, we believe that everyone deserves access to scholarship. Our dedication to this mission remains strong as we head into the fourth funding cycle for Direct to Open (D2O), our model for open access monographs. Libraries and consortia can commit to support the program through November 30, 2024.

IOP Publishing (IOPP) is partnering with the Institute of Systems Engineering (ISE), which is part of the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), to launch a new diamond open access (OA) journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research on reliability.

The Association for Psychological Science (APS) and Sage announce the launch of Advances in Psychological Science Open, a fully open access journal that will publish high-quality empirical, technical, theoretical, and review articles, across the full range of areas and topics in psychological science.

Twenty-six new books are being published open access (OA) at the end of the first year of Taylor & Francis’ collaborative funding pilot, Pledge to Open. Each OA title tackles a key global challenge, including climate change, mental health, women’s rights, populism, and racism.

PLOS is pleased to announce its renewal of an agreement with the Bibsam Consortium to participate in PLOS’ three innovative publishing models. This two-year agreement, effective on Jan 1, 2024, provides researchers from affiliated institutions with unlimited publishing privileges in PLOS journals without incurring fees.

In a new publication, the German-wide DEAL consortium presents the key achievements of its first contract phase with the publishers Wiley and Springer Nature. The newly published infographic brochure provides a comprehensive insight into the background, objectives and results of the DEAL initiative.

cOAlition S is pleased to announce the release of a new pricing framework designed to foster global equity in scholarly publishing. Developed by Information Power following consultation with the funder, library/consortium, and publisher communities, the framework is introduced to enable discussion, promote greater transparency and inspire publishers and other service providers to implement more equitable pricing across different economies.

Springer Nature, a leader in open access books, has extended its partnership with Qatar National Library to deliver the Middle East’s first Open Access (OA) book agreement. The deal strengthens the partners’ shared OA vision to increase access to research and advance knowledge, following on from a joint Transformative Agreement in 2019.